Visual Studio: configure debug to attach to process

debugging, visual-studio, visual-studio-2008

Solution

It is possible. You can write a macro like this

    DTE.Debugger.DetachAll()
    For Each proc As EnvDTE.Process In DTE.Debugger.LocalProcesses
        If proc.Name.IndexOf("processname") <> -1 Then
            proc.Attach()
        End If
    Next

And then change VS key bindings to execute this macro when F5 is pressed

Problem

I'm using Visual Studio 2008; is it possible to configure a project debugging options to automatically attach to a process with a certain name when hitting F5? Edit: actual macro, specifying to attach to managed code: ``` Sub AttachToMyProcess() Try Dim dbg2 As EnvDTE80.Debugger2 = DTE.Debugger Dim trans As EnvDTE80.Transport = dbg2.Transports.Item("Default") Dim dbgeng(1) As EnvDTE80.Engine dbgeng(0) = trans.Engines.Item("Managed") Dim proc2 As EnvDTE80.Process2 = dbg2.GetProcesses(trans, "MyMachine").Item("MyProcess") proc2.Attach2(dbgeng) Catch ex As System.Exception MsgBox(ex.Message) End Try End Sub ```

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